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Brand 42: Works on Paper at the Brand Library Glendale

"Party" by Karrie Ross; 15"x22"; watercolor oil, acrylic on 300 arches paper

“Party” by Karrie Ross; 15″x22″; watercolor oil, acrylic on 300 arches paper

This is my second time at the Brand Works on Paper. I’m very happy to be included with such a fine list of artists.

From the Brand website: “For more than 40 years the Annual Juried Exhibition organized and sponsored by the Brand Associates has been one of the preeminent stages upon which artists from around the country have exhibited their work— more than 2,000 of them to date. This monumental record is enhanced by the historically significant Southern California-based artists, educators and critics who have served as jurors during those 40 years.

Jack Rutberg is the owner and director Continue reading

Mother’s Day Lunch at MOAH Lancaster “National Treasure: The California Poppy”

Mother’s Day Lunch at MOAH Lancaster “National Treasure: The California Poppy”

I have not been a fan of theme shows, it seems I just don’t do them very well. It might be because I’m mostly abstract and themes are figurative. So, when a friend mentioned the MOAH show about Poppies I initially just flaked on it… then I started thinking… “I can paint a poppy. The flower that I love. The most beautiful orange EVER… that’s E . V . E . R….” So I painted three images of varying degrees of abstraction. From 1. as real as I paint 2. combined into a current series 3. totally out there abstract. AND #1 and #2 were accepted. Thank you MOAH!

Posted from the museum: “During a time when drought conditions have limited the explosion of gold that normally Continue reading

Award: As the Cloud Weeps: Bejeweled Bird

Award: As the Cloud Weeps: Bejeweled Bird

As The Cloud Weeps: Bejeweled Bird by Karrie Ross

As The Cloud Weeps: Bejeweled Bird by Karrie Ross

Always a great feeling to receive an award for my artwork. The Topanga Canyon Gallery Annual Juried Show 2014 with Juror Jim Morphesis did just that. My piece “As the Cloud Weeps: Bejeweled Bird was awarded 3rd place.

This is one of my new pieces combining paint and ink into what I call ‘surrealistic’ imagery. I find that the displacement Continue reading